Новости за 26.07.2018

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A state inspection report shows that a St. Louis bridge’s concrete railing was deteriorating before a car struck it and caused a chunk of concrete to fall, killing a driver below. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that city officials on Wednesday released a 2017 report from the Missouri Department of Transportation. […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The founder of Papa John’s pizza is suing for access to the company’s books and records after he resigned this month amid reports he used a racial slur during a media training session. In a complaint filed Thursday, John Schnatter says he wants access to the documents because of the “unexplained […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is reminding Congolese President Joseph Kabila he is prohibited from seeking a third term and expects him to abide by the constitution. Jonathan Cohen is deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and he told the Security Council on Thursday the Trump administration regrets that Kabila didn’t use […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — As former cricket star Imran Khan claimed victory Thursday in Pakistan’s parliamentary election, he has promised to fight corruption and help millions of impoverished citizens. He says he also wants good relations with his neighbors and the United States, but also has leveled criticism against them. Once a celebrity playboy, Khan now […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A civil rights group has sued 12 New Jersey school districts over enrollment practices that it says discriminate against children of immigrants who are living in the country illegally. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey claims Thursday in the lawsuit that the districts require forms of state-issued identification that […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military says a Palestinian has wounded three Israelis in an attack in a settlement near Jerusalem. The military said in a statement that “a terrorist carried out a stabbing attack” in the Israeli settlement of Adam in the West Bank on Thursday night and was later “neutralized.” Some Israeli media said […]

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A Fairbanks woman who oversees the village public safety officer program for the Tanana Chiefs Conference has been charged with felony criminal mischief. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 41-year-old Jody Juneby-Potts is accused of using her pickup July 4 to push a sedan parked at Tanana Lakes Recreation Area, causing nearly […]

A luxury yacht owned by the family of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos suffered damage when someone untied it early Sunday in Ohio, sending it adrift on Lake Erie with the crew on board. A crew member on the SeaQuest called police to report that he and other members awoke to find the yacht floating away […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Wisconsin to pay for the gender reassignment surgery for two transgender Medicaid recipients. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Cody Flack and Sara Ann Makenzie filed a lawsuit in April, saying a state rule denying coverage for surgeries to treat gender dysphoria violates the Affordable Care […]

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Adem Demaci, a human rights defender who embodied Kosovo’s national resistance and was often called the “Balkans’ Mandela,” has died at 82. Deputy Speaker Xhavit Haliti interrupted Thursday’s parliamentary session to report Demaci’s death, saying “our teacher, the man who spent 28 years of his life in Serb prisons” has died. […]

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Adem Demaci, a human rights defender who embodied Kosovo’s national resistance and was often called the “Balkans’ Mandela,” has died at 82. Deputy Speaker Xhavit Haliti interrupted Thursday’s parliamentary session to report Demaci’s death, “our teacher, the man who spent 28 years of his life in Serb prisons.” Pristina hospital chief […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says the Energy Department violated federal law when it tweeted about an opinion column by Energy Secretary Rick Perry urging repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care law. The Government Accountability Office says the July 2017 tweet was outside the scope of the agency’s approved spending, but did not […]

Medics transported the man to Harborview Medical Center, where he died.

Smith has a devastating schedule in his first season as a head coach, including a trip to Ohio State and a return to Husky Stadium in November.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has received nearly 30 applications from people requesting changes to their birth certificates to properly reflect their identities since a federal judge ruled rejecting applications was illegal. According to the Department of Health and Welfare, 28 applications have been submitted after the state implemented the new, constitutional sound rule in […]

Chancellor has already Tweeted his career is over. But for contractual reasons he has to stay on the roster for now. And as expected, Earl Thomas was not present, making good on his plan to hold out.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Steam Weeder looks like an old-time vacuum cleaner and sounds like an espresso machine, with a long hose and nozzle attached to a tractor-mounted boiler heating steam to 250 degrees. Erik Augerson, a graduate research assistant for Oregon State University, demonstrated how the technology works July 18 during Blueberry Field […]

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials say a proposed change to the state’s Medicaid program aims to reduce the overprescribing of opioids, which has caused an epidemic of overdoses. The Bulletin reported Wednesday that the proposed change would limit coverage for five broad chronic pain conditions to 90 days of opioid pain relievers. It would […]

Amazon joins the list of companies and cities

RATON, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico officials say a man fatally shot a bear after he was attacked and bitten while walking his dogs. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish conservation officers say the attack happened Wednesday in a rural area southeast of Raton, a community near the New Mexico-Colorado border. State police alerted […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emergency crews are searching for up to three people who may have fallen out of a pedal boat in the middle of the night on a lake in a Los Angeles park. Officer Ray Brown, a police spokesman, says four men took a pedal boat at Echo Park around 3:45 a.m. […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator says the bloc never would allow a non-member to collect customs on its behalf, delivering a blow to the British government’s post-Brexit plans. Britain had proposed a system in which it would initially process EU customs duties on goods that come into the U.K. but are […]

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Shiite rebels say they have launched “several strikes” targeting Abu Dhabi’s international airport in the United Arab Emirates. Thursday’s announcement on Yemen’s rebel-run Al-Masirah TV says the rebel “air force” targeted the airport using drones. On Twitter, Abu Dhabi’s airport said there was an “incident involving a supply vehicle in […]

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say 12 Syrians have been arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a 19-year-old compatriot who suffered life-threatening injuries in a stabbing two months ago. Prosecutors in the western city of Essen said Thursday that the attack was apparently prompted by the teenager’s relationship with a 19-year-old Syrian woman […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of Democrats in Congress says fishermen are headed for a financial disaster due to increasing tariffs, and the government should be prepared to provide relief. The effort is led by Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts. It’s designed to help fishermen who are hurt by heavy tariffs imposed by China […]